In 1865 the Confederacy was defeated and slavery ended in the United States. Those enslaved in Indian Territory would have to wait another year for their freedom.
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Trump called it one of the most corrupt places on earth. Could Puerto Rico really join the Union?
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A tale of the mafia, the British military, the Metropolitan Police, and the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla
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Canada is used to its provinces trying to secede, as French-speaking Quebec constantly threatens to go it alone. Economic difficulties and corruption scandals have however begun to push conservative Alberta towards what social media has branded ‘Albexit’.
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